1844

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• The Böd of Nesbister was built by Hay & Company

February

• 27th
  Robert Bruce (2), sixth Laird Bruce of Symbister, died.

April

• 26th
  Author Laurence J. Nicolson was born.

August

• 18th
  The Haabet (1844), a Sloop, shipwrecked in Bigton Wick, Bigton.

September

• 28th
  Sir Robert Stout born

October

• An unidentified full rigged ship, registered in New York, U.S.A and laden with a cargo of timber, wrecked in the Bay of Quendale, Dunrossness.

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